This is using the intel raid not the gigabyte raid on the board. There is no data on the harddrive as they are brand new. I am pretty sure I installed the drivers as they were pretty much automatic when installing all the Mb drivers on the disk.

Make your own custom installation of windows, include the drivers from YOUR SUPPORT DVD (all of the RAID drivers) that came with your motherboard and then use this new vista disc you made to install windows on your RAID...

Trust me, I've been through it all, it sucked ass, I used nlite (for xp) worked like a dream.

Make your own custom installation of windows, include the drivers from YOUR SUPPORT DVD (all of the RAID drivers) that came with your motherboard and then use this new vista disc you made to install windows on your RAID...

Trust me, I've been through it all, it sucked ass, I used nlite (for xp) worked like a dream.

Actually if all your doing is installing additional raid drivers you don't even need vlite. For my NAS i just used a USB key with the vista drivers for the card on it and browsed. Iwish to god the xp installer had this option. But if you want to slipstream in service packs, and such then use vlite and save your self a major headache.